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饶 晶, 曾 凤, 姬 满, 徐 祥, 余 春, 杨 靖, 刘 龙, 刘 志. [PreS1 Antigen of HBV Down-Regulates MHC-Ⅰ on the Surface of Hepatocytes and Promotes Hepatocarcinogenesis]. SICHUAN DA XUE XUE BAO. YI XUE BAN = JOURNAL OF SICHUAN UNIVERSITY. MEDICAL SCIENCE EDITION 2022; 53:285-290. [PMID: 35332731 PMCID: PMC10409352 DOI: 10.12182/20220360509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective To explore the internal mechanism of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) induced by chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Methods L02, HepG2 and Huh7 cells stably overexpressing HBV preS1 antigen were analyzed by flow cytometry, qRT-PCR and tumorigenesis in nude mice to evaluate the effect of preS1 antigen in HBV-related hepatocarcinogenesis. Results Our results showed that the expression of cancer stem cell (CSCs) related factors and cell surface markers in preS1 overexpressing cells were up-regulated, and the tumorigenicity of these cells was enhanced in nude mice. In addition, preS1 overexpression could down-regulate the expression of major histocompatibility complex Ⅰ (MHC-Ⅰ). The expression of MHC-Ⅰ on the cell surface could be restored by adding interferon gamma (IFN-γ) in the process of cell culturing and the tumorigenicity of cells in nude mice could thus be reduced. Conclusion Based on the above results, we believe that preS1 is a carcinogen of HBV and that it promotes the formation of liver cancer through down regulating MHC-Ⅰ on the surface of hepatocytes.
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- 晶晶 饶
- 湖北医药学院基础医学院 医学微生物教研室 (十堰 442000)Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- 湖北医药学院基础医学院 医学微生物教研室 (十堰 442000)Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- 湖北医药学院基础医学院 医学微生物教研室 (十堰 442000)Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- 湖北医药学院基础医学院 医学微生物教研室 (十堰 442000)Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- 湖北医药学院基础医学院 医学微生物教研室 (十堰 442000)Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- 湖北医药学院基础医学院 医学微生物教研室 (十堰 442000)Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- 湖北医药学院基础医学院 医学微生物教研室 (十堰 442000)Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- 湖北医药学院基础医学院 医学微生物教研室 (十堰 442000)Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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Michalak TI. Diverse Virus and Host-Dependent Mechanisms Influence the Systemic and Intrahepatic Immune Responses in the Woodchuck Model of Hepatitis B. Front Immunol 2020; 11:853. [PMID: 32536912 PMCID: PMC7267019 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Woodchuck infected with woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) represents the pathogenically nearest model of hepatitis B and associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This naturally occurring animal model also is highly valuable for development and preclinical evaluation of new anti-HBV agents and immunotherapies against chronic hepatitis (CH) B and HCC. Studies in this system uncovered a number of molecular and immunological processes which contribute or likely contribute to the immunopathogenesis of liver disease and modulation of the systemic and intrahepatic innate and adaptive immune responses during hepadnaviral infection. Among them, inhibition of presentation of the class I major histocompatibility complex on chronically infected hepatocytes and a role of WHV envelope proteins in this process, as well as augmented hepatocyte cytotoxicity mediated by constitutively expressed components of CD95 (Fas) ligand- and perforin-dependent pathways, capable of eliminating cells brought to contact with hepatocyte surface, including activated T lymphocytes, were uncovered. Other findings pointed to a role of autoimmune response against hepatocyte asialoglycoprotein receptor in augmenting severity of liver damage in hepadnaviral CH. It was also documented that WHV in the first few hours activates intrahepatic innate immunity that transiently decreases hepatic virus load. However, this activation is not translated in a timely manner to induction of virus-specific T cell response which appears to be hindered by defective activation of antigen presenting cells and presentation of viral epitopes to T cells. The early WHV infection also induces generalized polyclonal activation of T cells that precedes emergence of virus-specific T lymphocyte reactivity. The combination of these mechanisms hinder recognition of virus allowing its dissemination in the initial, asymptomatic stages of infection before adaptive cellular response became apparent. This review will highlight a range of diverse mechanisms uncovered in the woodchuck model which affect effectiveness of the anti-viral systemic and intrahepatic immune responses, and modify liver disease outcomes. Further exploration of these and other mechanisms, either already discovered or yet unknown, and their interactions should bring more comprehensive understanding of HBV pathogenesis and help to identify novel targets for therapeutic and preventive interventions. The woodchuck model is uniquely positioned to further contribute to these advances.
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- Tomasz I Michalak
- Molecular Virology and Hepatology Research Group, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
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Kinetics of DNA damage repair response accompanying initial hepadnavirus-host genomic integration in woodchuck hepatitis virus infection of hepatocyte. Cancer Genet 2020; 244:1-10. [PMID: 32062411 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2020.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mechanism of initial hepatitis B virus (HBV) integrations and kinetics of DNA repair immediately after infection remain essentially unknown impairing understanding of hepadnaviral oncogenesis. WCM260 hepatocytes susceptible to HBV-compatible woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) were examined from 15 min to 72 h post-infection (p.i.). WHV strongly induced reactive oxygen species (ROS), transiently inducible nitric oxide (iNOS) and DNA damage from 15 min p.i. All initial WHV-host fusions had the head-to-tail format indicating their formation by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). Transcription of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) and X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 1 (XRCC1), the PARP1 binding partner, were induced in 30 min p.i. and that of 8-oxyguanine DNA glycosylse (OGG1) responding to oxidative DNA damage at 12 h p.i. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), a marker of PARP1 activation, and heme oxygenase-1 (HO1), an indicator of pro-oxidative stress, were significantly augmented from 15-30 min p.i. Additionally, PARP1 cleavage activity was evident from 30 min p.i. confirming that PARP1-mediated DNA repair became operational almost instatly after hepatocyte contact with virus. By applying complementary approaches, the study showed that initial WHV integration was due to virus-induced oxidative DNA damage and implied that the NHEJ PARP1-dependent repair pathway determined format of the first virus-host DNA junctions.
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Yan Q, Liu Q, Li MM, Li FH, Zhu B, Wang JZ, Lu YP, Liu J, Wu J, Zheng X, Lu MJ, Wang BJ, Yang DL. Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of woodchuck retinoic acid-inducible gene I. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 36:335-343. [PMID: 27376800 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-016-1588-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Revised: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cytosolic retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) is an important innate immune RNA sensor and can induce antiviral cytokines, e.g., interferon-β (IFN-β). Innate immune response to hepatitis B virus (HBV) plays a pivotal role in viral clearance and persistence. However, knowledge of the role that RIG-I plays in HBV infection is limited. The woodchuck is a valuable model for studying HBV infection. To characterize the molecular basis of woodchuck RIG-I (wRIG-I), we analyzed the complete coding sequences (CDSs) of wRIG-I, containing 2778 base pairs that encode 925 amino acids. The deduced wRIG-I protein was 106.847 kD with a theoretical isoelectric point (pI) of 6.07, and contained three important functional structures [caspase activation and recruitment domains (CARDs), DExD/H-box helicases, and a repressor domain (RD)]. In woodchuck fibroblastoma cell line (WH12/6), wRIG-I-targeted small interfering RNA (siRNA) down-regulated RIG-I and its downstrean effector-IFN-β transcripts under RIG-I' ligand, 5'-ppp double stranded RNA (dsRNA) stimulation. We also measured mRNA levels of wRIG-I in different tissues from healthy woodchucks and in the livers from woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV)-infected woodchucks. The basal expression levels of wRIG-I were abundant in the kidney and liver. Importantly, wRIG-I was significantly up-regulated in acutely infected woodchuck livers, suggesting that RIG-I might be involved in WHV infection. These results may characterize RIG-I in the woodchuck model, providing a strong basis for further study on RIG-I-mediated innate immunity in HBV infection.
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- Qi Yan
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Institute of Virology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45149, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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Superinfection with woodchuck hepatitis virus strain WHVNY of livers chronically infected with strain WHV7. J Virol 2014; 89:384-405. [PMID: 25320318 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02361-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The determinants of the maintenance of chronic hepadnaviral infection are yet to be fully understood. A long-standing unresolved argument in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) research field suggests that during chronic hepadnaviral infection, cell-to-cell spread of hepadnavirus is at least very inefficient (if it occurs at all), virus superinfection is an unlikely event, and chronic hepadnavirus infection can be maintained exclusively via division of infected hepatocytes in the absence of virus spread. Superinfection exclusion was previously shown for duck HBV, but it was not demonstrated for HBV or HBV-related woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV). Three woodchucks, which were chronically infected with the strain WHV7 and already developed WHV-induced hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), were superinfected with another WHV strain, WHVNY. Six weeks after the superinfection, the woodchucks were sacrificed and tissues of the livers and HCCs were examined. The WHVNY superinfection was demonstrated by using WHV strain-specific PCR assays and (i) finding WHVNY relaxed circular DNA in the serum samples collected from all superinfected animals during weeks one through six after the superinfection, (ii) detecting replication-derived WHVNY RNA in the tissue samples of the livers and HCCs collected from three superinfected woodchucks, and (iii) finding WHVNY DNA replication intermediates in tissues harvested after the superinfection. The results are consistent with the occurrence of continuous but inefficient hepadnavirus cell-to-cell spread and superinfection during chronic infection and suggest that the replication space occupied by the superinfecting hepadnavirus in chronically infected livers is limited. The findings are discussed in the context of the mechanism of chronic hepadnavirus infection. IMPORTANCE This study aimed to better understand the determinants of the maintenance of chronic hepadnavirus infection. The generated data suggest that in the livers chronically infected with woodchuck hepatitis virus, (i) hepadnavirus superinfection and cell-to-cell spread likely continue to occur and (ii) the virus spread is apparently inefficient, which is consistent with the interpretation that a limited number of cells in the livers facilitates the spread of hepadnavirus. The limitations of the cell-to-cell virus spread most likely are mediated at the level of the cells and do not reflect the properties of the virus. Our results further advance the understanding of the mechanism of chronic hepadnavirus infection. The significance of the continuous but limited hepadnavirus spread and superinfection for the maintenance of the chronic state of infection should be further evaluated in follow-up studies in order to determine whether blocking the virus spread would facilitate the suppression of chronic hepadnavirus infection.
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Liu Y, Testa JS, Philip R, Block TM, Mehta AS. A ubiquitin independent degradation pathway utilized by a hepatitis B virus envelope protein to limit antigen presentation. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24477. [PMID: 21969857 PMCID: PMC3182176 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hepatitis B virus envelope glycoproteins Large (L), Middle (M) and Small (S) are targets of the host cellular immune system. The extent to which the host recognizes viral antigens presented by infected cells is believed to play a decisive role in determining if an infection will be resolved or become chronic. As with other antigens, HBV envelope polypeptides must be degraded, presumably by cellular proteasomes, to be presented by the MHC I pathway. We have used M as a model to study this process and determine how ER quality control monitors these foreign polymeric proteins and disposes of them through the ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. Using both wild type and mutant HBV M protein, we found that unlike most ERAD substrates, which require ubiquitination for retrotranslocation and degradation, the HBV M protein, which only contains two lysine residues, can undergo rapid and complete, ubiquitin independent, proteasome dependent degradation. The utilization of this pathway had a functional consequence, since proteins degraded through it, were poorly presented via MHC I. To test the hypothesis that the level of ubiquitination, independent of protein degradation, controls the level of antigen presentation, we inserted two additional lysines into both the wild type and mutant M protein. Amazingly, while the addition of the lysine residues dramatically increased the level of ubiquitination, it did not alter the rate of degradation. However and remarkably, the increased ubiquitination was associated with a dramatic increase in the level of antigen presentation. In conclusion, using the HBV surface protein as a model, we have identified a novel ubiquitin independent degradation pathway and determined that this pathway can have implications for antigen presentation and potentially viral pathogenesis.
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- Yuanjie Liu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Immunotope Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Immunotope Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Norton PA, Menne S, Sinnathamby G, Betesh L, Cote PJ, Philip R, Mehta AS, Tennant BC, Block TM. Glucosidase inhibition enhances presentation of de-N-glycosylated hepatitis B virus epitopes by major histocompatibility complex class I in vitro and in woodchucks. Hepatology 2010; 52:1242-50. [PMID: 20658465 PMCID: PMC2947625 DOI: 10.1002/hep.23806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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UNLABELLED In this report, the possibility of pharmacologically altering the hepatitis B virus (HBV) epitopes presented by major histocompatibility complex class I on infected cells is demonstrated. The HBV middle envelope glycoprotein (MHBs) maturation appears to require calnexin-mediated folding. This interaction is dependent on glucosidases in the endoplasmic reticulum. Prevention of HBV envelope protein maturation in cultured cells through use of glucosidase inhibitors, such as 6-O-butanoyl castanospermine and N-nonyl deoxynorjirimycin, resulted in MHBs degradation by proteasomes. The de-N-glycosylation associated with polypeptide degradation was predicted to result in conversion of asparagine residues into aspartic acid residues. This prediction was confirmed by showing that peptides corresponding to the N-glycosylation sequons of MHBs, but with aspartic acid replacing asparagine, (1) can prime human cytotoxic T lymphocytes that recognize HBV-producing cells and (2) that the presentation of these envelope motifs by major histocompatibility complex class I is enhanced by incubation with glucosidase inhibitors. Moreover, although peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from woodchucks chronically infected with woodchuck hepatitis virus and vaccinated with woodchuck hepatitis virus surface antigen could be induced to recognize the natural MHBs asparagine-containing peptides, only cells isolated from animals treated with glucosidase inhibitor recognized the aspartic acid-containing peptides. CONCLUSION These data suggest that pharmacological intervention with glucosidase inhibitors can alter the MHBs epitopes presented. This editing of the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide results in a new epitope, or "editope", with possible medical significance.
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- Pamela A Norton
- Drexel Institute for Biotechnology and Virology Research and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Doylestown, PA, USA.
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Guy CS, Wang J, Michalak TI. Hepadnaviral infection augments hepatocyte cytotoxicity mediated by both CD95 ligand and perforin pathways. Liver Int 2010; 30:396-405. [PMID: 19912529 DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIM Recently, we documented that hepatocytes can eliminate contacted cells via the CD95 ligand (CD95L)-CD95 pathway and that they are also equipped in perforin and granzyme B and can eradicate other cells via the granule exocytosis mechanism. The aim of this study was to assess whether hepadnaviral infection modifies hepatocyte-mediated cell killing. METHODS Primary hepatocytes from woodchucks with progressing or resolved hepadnaviral hepatitis and hepatocyte lines transfected with woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) genes were examined for cytotoxic effector activity against cell targets susceptible to CD95L and/or perforin-dependent killing. Hepatocytes from healthy animals served as controls. RESULTS Actively progressing and resolved hepadnaviral hepatitis is associated with a significantly greater capacity of hepatocytes to kill contacted cells. Both hepatocyte CD95L- and perforin-dependent cytotoxicity were augmented. Hepatocytes transfected with WHV X gene, but not those with complete WHV genome or virus envelope or core gene, transcribed significantly more CD95L and perforin and killed cell targets more efficiently. Exposure to interferon-gamma profoundly enhanced hepatocyte cell killing. CONCLUSIONS Hepatocyte cytotoxic potential is significantly augmented during and following resolution of active hepadnaviral hepatitis. Hepatocyte cytotoxic activity may contribute to both liver physiological functions and the pathogenesis and progression of liver disease, including viral hepatitis.
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- Clifford S Guy
- Molecular Virology and Hepatology Research Group, Health Sciences Centre, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St John's, NF, Canada
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Inhibition of cellular alpha-glucosidases results in increased presentation of hepatitis B virus glycoprotein-derived peptides by MHC class I. Virology 2008; 384:12-5. [PMID: 19091367 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2008] [Revised: 11/06/2008] [Accepted: 11/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Inhibitors of alpha glucosidases prevent the trimming of oligosaccharides on certain nascent glycoproteins, including the hepatitis B virus MHBs envelope glycoprotein. MHBs proteins with untrimmed oligosaccharides do not interact with calnexin, increasing protein misfolding and subsequent degradation by proteasomes. As peptides loaded onto newly synthesized MHC class I complexes are predominantly derived from proteasomes, the possibility that glucosidase inhibition could increase presentation by MHC class I was determined. Using either a model epitope, or a natural MHBs epitope, it was demonstrated that glucosidase inhibitors enhanced presentation by MHC class I and promoted activation of antigen-specific CTLs, suggesting a pharmacologic approach to immune modulation.
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The E6E7 oncoproteins of cutaneous human papillomavirus type 38 interfere with the interferon pathway. Virology 2008; 377:408-18. [PMID: 18519144 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2008] [Revised: 04/11/2008] [Accepted: 04/25/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most frequent malignancy in Caucasian populations. Evidence suggests the involvement of cutaneous Human Papillomavirus (HPV) of the genus beta (beta) in this disease. The ability of E6 and E7 of mucosal HPV to promote cellular transformation and inhibit immune response-related pathways plays a key role in cervical carcinogenesis. beta HPV-38 E6 and E7 display transforming activities in in vitro and in vivo models, but their impact on immune surveillance is unknown. Here we show that HPV-38 E6 and E7 affect the IFN-induced up-regulation of MHC class I. Expression of the two viral proteins in HaCaT keratinocytes led to a decrease of MHC I levels. This down-regulation is associated with a reduction of expression of MHC I heavy chain, of the peptide chaperone TAP and of the STAT-1 downstream effector IRF-1. The down-regulation of these proteins is ultimately due to the inhibition of STAT-1 expression. Analysis of cells expressing either HPV-38 E6 or E7 suggests that these effects are primarily the result of E6 expression, although a contribution by E7 cannot be excluded. We conclude that HPV-38 encodes oncoproteins that potentially contribute to the evasion of host immune surveillance.
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Tan AT, Koh S, Goh V, Bertoletti A. Understanding the immunopathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B virus: an Asian prospective. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008; 23:833-43. [PMID: 18565018 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05385.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The study of hepatitis B virus (HBV) immunity has been mainly focused on understanding the differences between subjects who are able to control HBV infection and patients with persistent infection. These studies have been instrumental in increasing our knowledge on the pathogenesis of the disease caused by HBV. However, it is possible that heterogeneity of host and virus factors which segregate in ethnically distinct HBV infected populations might modify important aspects of the immune response against HBV. In this review, we reexamine the kinetics and the pattern of HBV-specific immunity associated with control or persistence of infection. We then discuss how the epidemiological, genetic and viral characteristics peculiar to Asian patients can impact the profile of HBV-specific immunity.
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- Anthony Tanoto Tan
- Viral Hepatitis Unit, Singapore Institute for Clinical Science, A*STAR, Singapore
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Dougherty AM, Guo H, Westby G, Liu Y, Simsek E, Guo JT, Mehta A, Norton P, Gu B, Block T, Cuconati A. A substituted tetrahydro-tetrazolo-pyrimidine is a specific and novel inhibitor of hepatitis B virus surface antigen secretion. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 51:4427-37. [PMID: 17875990 PMCID: PMC2167973 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00541-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The high levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg)-bearing subviral particles in the serum of chronically infected individuals are thought to play a role in suppressing the HBV-specific immune response. Current therapeutics are not directed at reducing this viral antigenemia; thus, our group has focused on identifying inhibitors of HBsAg secretion. By using the HBV-expressing cell line HepG2.2.15, high-throughput screening of an 80,288-compound synthetic small-molecule library identified HBF-0259, an aromatically substituted tetrahydro-tetrazolo-(1, 5-a)-pyrimidine. Following resynthesis, HBF-0259 had a 50% effective concentration of approximately 1.5 microM in a secondary, HBV-expressing cell line, with a concentration that exhibited 50% cytotoxicity of >50 microM. The equilibrium concentration of HBF-0259 in aqueous solution at physiological pH was 15 to 16 microM; the selective index was thus >9. As intended by our screening paradigm, HBF-0259 is a selective, potent inhibitor of secretion of both subviral and DNA-containing viral particles, while the secretion of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein and alpha-1-antitrypsin was unaffected. The HBV e antigen, which is not a constituent of HBV particles, was also unaffected, suggesting that the secretion of particles bearing HBV structural glycoproteins is targeted directly. Inhibitory activity was also confirmed by transfection of HBsAg, indicating that the action of the compound is independent of those of other viral proteins. HBF-0259 had no effect on HBV DNA synthesis, demonstrating that inhibition is independent of viral genomic replication. Finally, HBF-0259 had little or no effect on the cell-to-cell spread of two unrelated viruses, suggesting that it is a specific inhibitor of secretion of HBsAg. Possible mechanisms of action and the implications for its development are discussed.
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- Anne Marie Dougherty
- Institute for Hepatitis and Virus Research, Hepatitis B Foundation, 3805 Old Easton Road, Doylestown, PA 18902, USA
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Wang J, Gujar SA, Cova L, Michalak TI. Bicistronic woodchuck hepatitis virus core and gamma interferon DNA vaccine can protect from hepatitis but does not elicit sterilizing antiviral immunity. J Virol 2006; 81:903-16. [PMID: 17079319 PMCID: PMC1797430 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01537-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The immunity elicited against nucleocapsid of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and closely related woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) has been shown to be important in resolution of hepatitis and protection from infection. Further, activity of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), which may directly inhibit hepadnavirus replication, promotes antiviral defense and favors T helper cell type 1 (Th1) response, which is seemingly a prerequisite of HBV clearance. In this study, to enhance induction of protective immunity against hepadnavirus, healthy woodchucks were immunized with a bicistronic DNA vaccine carrying WHV core (WHc) and woodchuck IFN-gamma (wIFN-gamma) gene sequences. Three groups, each group containing three animals, were injected once or twice with 0.5 mg, 0.9 mg, or 1.5 mg per dose of this vaccine. In addition, four animals received two injections of 0.6 mg or 1 mg WHc DNA alone. All animals were challenged with WHV. The results showed that four of nine animals injected with the bicistronic vaccine and one of four immunized with WHc DNA became protected from serologically evident infection and hepatitis. This protection was not linked to induction of WHc antigen-specific antibodies or T-cell proliferative response and was not associated with enhanced transcription of Th1 cytokines or 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase. Strikingly, all animals protected from hepatitis became reactive for WHV DNA and carried low levels of replicating virus in hepatic and lymphoid tissues after challenge with WHV. This study shows that the bicistronic DNA vaccine encoding both hepadnavirus core antigen and IFN-gamma was more effective in preventing hepatitis than that encoding virus core alone, but neither of them could mount sterile immunity against the virus or prevent establishment of occult infection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jinguo Wang
- Molecular Virology and Hepatology Research, Division of Basic Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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